I really just want to be a scholar

Chapter 695 September when scientific research is in full swing!

Qin Ke attaches great importance to the topic of topological quantum computing, not only for the agreement with Professor Coppert, not to let the team's sweat for countless days and nights a year go to waste, but also because it is indeed a useful Very large research topic.

As long as the research perfects a theoretical system of topological quantum computing that is self-consistent in logic and can be used in practice, it will have a huge effect on promoting the world's scalable quantum computing and the development of quantum chips and even quantum computers, and even has a great opportunity Winning the highest crown in physics - the Nobel Prize in Physics!

Qin Ke is also somewhat envious of such a rumored top prize, but now he has fallen behind the team of Professor John Krause of the University of California in terms of time progress.

Although even if Professor Krause's team first proposed a relatively reliable theoretical system of topological quantum computing, Qin Ke is sure to develop a better theoretical system to surpass them, but in the end he won the first place, at least in the Nobel Prize. It takes a lot to compete.

In order to achieve the first-come-first-served, Qin Ke must race against time to speed up the progress.

So after hearing that the Lime Quantum Computing Laboratory could be officially opened, Qin Ke gave Deng Zhaoliang and the others a few words, and hurriedly took Ning Qingyun out of the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory.

Personal assistant Fang Yongtang had already been waiting under the Fluid Mechanics Experimental Building when he made the call, and they drove off after picking up the two.

The Lime Quantum Computing Laboratory is not far from Kiyoki University, and it takes only 10 minutes by car including the traffic lights, so it is very convenient to go back and forth.

While driving, Fang Yongtang asked with a bitter face: "Bosses, I have been trying to read the books on superconducting materials recommended by you recently, but I still haven't figured out what the Majorana zero energy module is?"

Fang Yongtang is a very responsible "private chief executive". She knew that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun's recent work focused on the quantum computing laboratory. In order to better follow up the progress and report the situation, she began to study hard from the books Learn some advanced terms related to quantum computing.

Ning Qingyun chuckled and explained: "Simply speaking, Majorana zero-energy modes refer to a class of topologically non-trivial quasiparticle excitations in condensed matter physics. Our experiments are basically carried out around it. The main idea is to form a new crystal material by supplementing topological superconductors with topological insulators to realize low-cost, large-scale, orderly and adjustable Lana zero energy mode array, and on this basis form a complete theoretical system of topological quantum computing."

Fang Yongtang: "..."

Why does it seem so simple to say it from the boss lady's mouth, but I just can't understand?

Fang Yongtang thought for a while, and felt that he would not understand if he continued to ask, so he resolutely gave up his plan to continue asking, and instead reported the overall situation of the quantum computing laboratory.

Now the security standards of the quantum computing laboratory are compared with the lime plant cultivation laboratory.Lime Security Company has arranged [-] security guards to be responsible for the security of the laboratory. The entire laboratory is surrounded by tall steel mesh walls, and there are many surveillance cameras. .

After all, the experimental equipment inside is too precious. If some thief breaks in and breaks it or steals important parts, it would be a joke to talk about the topic of advancing topological quantum computing.

The matter is very important, Qin Ke said: "We will check the security system first before going to the meeting room."

"clear."

When the three of them arrived outside the quantum computing laboratory, the security guards naturally recognized them and immediately saluted them in awe, but they still carefully checked the pass before allowing them to enter the laboratory.

Under the leadership of the security captain, the three of them checked all the security work again, and overall they were very satisfied.In fact, as far as Qin Ke knows, Uncle Yang also arranged other people to secretly protect the laboratory on the periphery. The country also attaches great importance to topological quantum computing, and looks forward to the early results.

"Very good, everyone has worked hard, and the year-end bonus will not be lost to everyone."

"Thank you, Mr. Qin!" After being praised by the boss and thinking of the generous year-end bonus, the security captain returned to his post full of energy.

And Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun also quickened their pace and rushed to the meeting room, while Fang Yongtang went to check the logistics and other chores.

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When Qin Ke walked into the conference room of Lime Quantum Computing Laboratory, the supervisor Harold, the deputy director Ling Shaotang, and Gan Peixuan and other researchers from Xiaguo and Deguo had already gathered here, waiting for the two of them. Until the two stood up one after another.

Ling Shaotang, Gan Peixuan and others do not know German, but Harold and other foreign researchers can speak English, and the two sides can still communicate normally in English, not to mention that the laboratory is equipped with two professional German-English bilingual translators.The salaries of these two Xia Guo translators who are proficient in both German and English will not be lower than that of formal researchers. In addition to helping the researchers in Deguo adapt to life in Xia Guo, they also want to make the best possible translation when the language communication between the two parties is not smooth. accurate communication.

This is also Qin Ke's arrangement. After all, scientific research is nothing small, and a small mistake in communication can easily lead to errors in the experiment.

Qin Ke took Ning Qingyun to sit down in the conference room, motioning for everyone to sit down too.The little girl who was in charge of logistics integration immediately came over and brought tea to everyone.

Qin Ke took a sip of tea, looked around everyone, and asked with a smile in English: "How, you should be familiar with it?"

Three days ago, under the personal interviews of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, all the remaining researchers of Xia nationality had been recruited. In these three days, in addition to debugging and testing the experimental equipment, Qin Ke also let Harold and Ling Shaotang separately Lead the Deguo team and the Xiaguo team to "break the ice", familiarize each other with each other's areas of expertise as early as possible, and improve the efficiency of teamwork as much as possible.

After getting affirmative answers from Harold and Ling Shaotang, Qin Ke clapped his hands lightly: "Okay, since everyone already knows each other and has a certain understanding of each other, then I won't do any self-introduction, then our The research topic will be officially launched from today.”

He took out a USB flash drive: "Here is the latest experimental plan that Qingyun and I have recently sorted out. Take a look first. If you have any questions, ask them immediately, and we will answer them. Everyone is a researcher hired by Lime Technology with a high salary. The personnel are basically doctorate or above, and have considerable scientific research experience, welcome to check for omissions and fill in vacancies."

Gan Peixuan also has the identity of a laboratory assistant. She immediately came over cleverly to take the USB flash drive in Qin Ke's hand, inserted it into the laptop, and projected the documents inside on the big screen.

"According to Qingyun and I analyzed the previous data, and optimized the mathematical model again, we deduced the following conclusion: the natural stress in the crystal can induce double crystal lattice along the direction of Fe-Fe and As-As Axial charge density wave stripes, their wavelengths are λ1~2.7nm and λ2~24.3nm respectively, CDW with a wavelength of λ2 has an obvious modulation effect on the superconducting energy gap, when a magnetic field perpendicular to the sample surface is applied, the formed magnetic The through vortices are all pinned on the As-As directional charge density wave stripes with weaker superconducting orders, forming an ordered vortex array..."

Qin Ke pointed to the deduction data on the big screen and explained for nearly 10 minutes. His voice was a little dry, so he switched to Ning Qingyun to explain the details of the experimental plan.

The girl talked about the experimental plan in a pleasant voice, and concluded in English: "Our experimental plan is to verify the above-mentioned deduction results. The result of this verification is very important, and it is related to our follow-up research direction. If a large area The ordered and tunable Majorana zero-energy mode array can indeed exist stably in LiFeAs, and the existence of biaxial charge density waves can reduce the crystal symmetry, thereby changing the topological band structure near the Fermi level, Then our research progress will break through to 85%!"

The meeting room was extremely quiet, and everyone listened to Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun's explanation with bated breath, and when they heard the 85% progress, everyone was refreshed.

Harold was even more impressed. He knew that the terrifying amount of research materials had only been handed over to Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun for more than a month. From the explanation just now, it can be seen that these two young physics professors have completely digested and mastered the contents. The essence of this design is flawless, comparable to a senior physicist like his mentor, Professor Koppett.

Harold's confidence increased a bit, and he immediately stated: "Don't worry, the two professors, we will ensure that we strictly follow the experimental plan. Now that we have our own experimental equipment, the latest experimental data will definitely be available within ten days! "

In fact, if it was the original Coppett's team, the experiment could be completed in three days, but now with the new equipment and the new team, Harold is cautious, so he reported a relatively certain time.

"Okay! Ten days is ten days!" Qin Ke glanced at the audience with piercing eyes: "I don't need to elaborate on the importance and significance of topological quantum computing. This is a major issue that affects the development of computers in the entire world! I hope everyone We can all go all out and do our best! My goal is to bring this project to a successful conclusion before the Spring Festival next year and start the first shot of our Lime Quantum Computing Laboratory! There will be more in the future More exciting scientific research topics are waiting for us to develop! Come on!!"

Qin Ke's smile seemed to have some kind of invisible appeal, and the team members who had just formed were all excited, clenched their fists and shouted: "Come on!"

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In the following days, the Lime Quantum Computing Laboratory entered a busy state of work, and Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun would come to the site almost every day to guide and solve some problems encountered in the experiment, and to clarify some experimental plans. Details not mentioned.

It was the first time for the two of them to arrange and design such an extremely complex quantum computing and superconducting material experiment completely independently. Before that, they were only responsible for the mathematical modeling and deduction part.

But now that they have taken on this burden, they will naturally not have any emotions of relying on difficulties and shrinking back.

The experiment this time is based on the addition of lithium and cesium to form an iron-based superconductor with a double-layer self-doping structure.

Compared with seven different superconducting materials such as superconducting semiconductor nanowires, magnetic atomic chains, topological insulators, and superconducting heterojunctions, this iron-based superconductor has obvious advantages. It can reduce the complexity of material structure design, and has initially realized A single component is easier to implement for a newly formed team and is more suitable for running a team.

Qin Ke didn't want to fail repeatedly in the first experiment and damage morale, so he deliberately chose this iron-based superconductor with full confidence. It can be said that he had good intentions.

The time was rushing towards the end of September, during which Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun also found time to complete the acceptance work of the second phase upgrade of Qingning Data Center.

After the upgrade, the server resources of Lime Data Center have been tripled, which has made a qualitative leap in the computing power of Shimmer, which is completely comparable to conventional supercomputing.

In terms of computing speed, LV4's twilight is estimated to rank among the top [-] supercomputers in the world.

Considering the construction cost of the entire computer room and the upgrade price, the total is only about 7.5 million. Compared with the cost of more than 20 billion for mainstream supercomputers, the cost performance is really outstanding.

Thanks to the substantial increase in the computing speed of LV4, Qin Ke is now working on the subject of "Exploring the Application of the NS Equation in Urban Planning and Air Pollution Prevention" and the mathematical modeling deduction of the topic of topological quantum computing. It's shimmer.

Correspondingly, the power consumption of the Lime Data Center has been rising steadily. Fortunately, another big gift from Uncle Yang - the power station specially built for the Lime Data Center has been built and officially put into use. It avoids affecting the normal electricity consumption of surrounding residents, and the electricity fee can be reduced by [-]% according to the standard of high-tech enterprises, saving a lot of money.

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The first experiment of Topological Quantum Computing in Xiaguo finally succeeded on September 9th, two days ahead of schedule.

Harold, who was in charge of the implementation of the experimental plan, announced excitedly: "Success! The stability rate of the large-area ordered and adjustable Majorana zero-energy mode array in LiFeAs exceeds 88%!"

The whole laboratory cheers!Even Ling Shaotang, who was always somewhat arrogant and indifferent, couldn't hide his joy, and the others even excitedly high-fived each other, rejoicing.

"Professor Qin, Professor Ning, long live! He actually derived almost the same result through a mathematical model! It's amazing!"

"I'm convinced. This time I'm completely convinced. The two bosses will say that the moon is square in the future. Maybe I will believe it."

"Haha, you flatterer, when you see Professor Qin and Ning present, you want to flatter, right?"

The first experiment achieved the expected results, almost completely in line with the results of the deduction that Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun said before. Not only did everyone have high morale, but they also had strong confidence in the mathematical modeling and deduction of the two bosses.

The excitement of Qin Ke and the others subsided a little, and they smiled and said, "With everyone's joint efforts, the goal of the first phase of the experiment has been achieved. The next thing we need to do is to try to infiltrate more trace elements and achieve the goal of the horse test." The stability rate of Yorana’s zero-energy matrix has reached 90%! If this is successful, it will be a milestone in our research, and it will push our overall progress to [-]%!”

Everyone is both excited and apprehensive. Continuing to dope more trace elements will easily lead to problems such as inhomogeneous crystal structure, disordered and uncontrollable vortex array, and low proportion of topological vortices. The only choice to the most ideal Majorana fermion carrier.

"Don't worry everyone. Tomorrow is the National Day holiday. Everyone will take two days off first. Qingyun and I will optimize the mathematical model based on the latest experimental data as soon as possible, and formulate a new experimental plan. On the morning of October 10, the second phase of the experiment will officially start! "

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Qin Ke is very satisfied with the progress of topological quantum computing. In addition, there is another extremely important thing, that is, the preparation of the tutorial on computational seeds has also come to an end.

On the fourth day of the National Day holiday, Wei Xueming's team from the Lime Plant Cultivation Laboratory sent the first draft of the book titled "Computational Seed Science Tutorial", which is more than 600 pages long, basically following the outline drawn up by Qin and Ke. and detailed rules, supplemented and perfected on the original manuscript of more than 200 pages.

(End of this chapter)